Software Engineer - Derivatives - Global Hedge Fund

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in the United Kingdom seeks a Software Engineer to enhance their derivatives team's accuracy and automation workflows. This full-time position requires expertise in Python and/or C#, along with a solid understanding of relational databases. The role offers market-leading compensation, a collaborative work culture, and an opportunity to contribute to critical financial processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering, particularly in financial applications.
• Proficiency in Python and/or C#.
• Understanding of relational databases and data integrity.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable systems for derivatives lifecycle processes.
• Ensure accuracy and automation of futures and options lifecycle.
• Support trading, operations, and risk with high-quality reference data.

Skills

Python

C#

SQL

Distributed systems

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Software Engineer - Derivatives - Global Hedge Fund

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Our client is a global, multi‑billion AUM quantitative investment manager operating across all major liquid markets. With a strong track record and a research‑driven culture, they continue to scale aggressively across trading and technology.

They are now looking for a Software Engineer to join a high‑impact derivatives team responsible for the accuracy, automation and reliability of all futures and options lifecycle processes across the firm.

You will design, build and maintain scalable systems that manage expiries, contract rolls, corporate actions, coupon payments and other lifecycle events, ensuring full data integrity for front‑office trading and research teams.

Technology

Tech Stack: Python/C#, SQL, distributed systems, CI/CD pipelines.

The core function of this role is to ensure the availability, quality and automation of derivatives reference data and lifecycle workflows across global exchanges, directly supporting trading, operations and risk.

The firm offers market‑leading compensation and a collaborative engineering culture.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Finance

Industries

Financial Services, Investment Banking, and Investment Management